Case Study: Randolph EMC improves ROW management and achieves rapid ROI with AiDASH

Randolph EMC reassesses trim cycles and improves ROW management with AiDash

Randolph EMC, a North Carolina electric cooperative serving five heavily forested counties, needed a better way to manage right-of-way vegetation and control the high cost of its average 7-year trim cycle. The utility wanted to improve efficiencies, reduce proximity bias, and keep workers safer while maintaining reliable service. It turned to AiDash and its Intelligent Vegetation Management System (IVMS).

AiDash provided a satellite- and AI-based vegetation management solution that gave Randolph EMC a more complete view of its overhead lines, including hard-to-reach areas. With AiDash, Randolph EMC reassessed its trim cycles, chose a more aggressive inherited cycle instead of segmented trims, eliminated proximity bias, avoided worker safety issues associated with manual monitoring, and achieved ROI within one year.

Randolph EMC

Jacob Barlow

PE, Senior Project Engineer